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Rumor: Apple Tablet gets $2,000 OLED model, delayed till late 2010
The rumored 9.7-inch OLED tablet would supplement the already-rumored 10.6-inch LCD version.
DigiTimes is citing sources who say that the Apple tablet—which has long been rumored for an early 2010 release—will actually launch closer to the end of 2010. The delay is allegedly because Apple has decided to make a high-end, 9.7-inch, OLED-display-equipped version of the device that will retail for a whopping $2,000.
The OLED version wouldn't replace the 10.6-inch LCD model, which would still cost somewhere between $800 and $1,000. DigiTimes' sources weren't named and this is only one of many Apple tablet rumors so don't jump to any conclusions.
In related news, magazine publisher Condé Nast (best known in the tech community for Wired magazine) has officially announced that it will support the Apple tablet by delivering its content to the device.
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Rumor: Google Phone will be VoIP only, arrive in early 2010
Anonymous sources have told tech bloggers that Android as we know it now is only the beginning, and that a genuine Google-branded phone will hit next year.
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is citing unnamed sources who say that Google is actually working on a Google-branded phone, not just offering the Android operating system to existing hardware manufacturers. However, it's likely the phone will be ghost-manufactured, as it were, by an established company.What's most interesting about this new rumor is that it alleges that the Google Phone will actually be VoIP-only, making calls over a 3G (or maybe ultimately 4G) data network instead of over the normal cellular voice network. The sources say AT&T is among the companies bidding to carry the device. That's rather amusing since AT&T has been against allowing VoIP over its data network on traditional smartphones.
While TechCrunch's sensational headline declares "the Google Phone is very real," the article admits that some of the sources are pretty thin, so we'll see how this pans out. Here's some fuel for the fire, though: Google has been pushing its Google Voice service, which already provides phone numbers to customers, and the company also just bought VoIP company Gizmo5.
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Windows Marketplace opens up shop on Windows Mobile 6, 6.1
The mobile app download service was previously only available on newer Windows Mobile 6.5 phones.
Microsoft is expanding its Windows Marketplace to as many platforms as it can. The service was originally just available for Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones, but then the company opened it up to PC users last week. Now you can access it on Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 handsets too.
Microsoft has set up a web URL (http://mp.windowsphone.com/) that you can visit with your mobile browser to download the Marketplace application. It should work on just about any phone with Windows Mobile version 6.0 or above now. Enjoy!
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Google offers free airport Wi-Fi for the holidays, Motorola Droid sales reach 100,000 over the weekend (probably), LinkedIn and Twitter team up
Google has signed on to provide free Wi-Fi in 47 United States airports over the holidays, including Las Vegas, San Jose, Boston, Baltimore, Burbank, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, St. Louis, and Charlotte. The Wi-Fi will be free up through January 15th.Bloomberg reports that Motorola "probably" sold 100,000 Droid smartphones in the weekend following the handset's launch—a fairly impressive number, although its adoption is still a long way from standing up to that of the iPhone.
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Google moves on mobile advertising with AdMob acquisition, Apple Mac OS Snow Leopard 10.6.2 fixes guest account bug, Rupert Murdoch will take News Corp sites off of Google
Google has purchased mobile display advertising company AdMob for $750 million in stock. The company's assets will be integral in Google's strategy for monetizing the mobile web in the future.Apple released version 10.6.2 of its Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system today. The update fixes the previously reported critical guest account bug that leads to massive loss of personal data, along with a few minor issues which are listed over at AppleInsider.
News Corporation head honcho Rupert Murdoch is planning to make his web news sites pay properties next year, and he just said in an interview that he'll make a major play: removing all the sites from Google listings. News Corp is big enough that this could be a notable blow to Google.
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Google Dashboard brings all your Google app data under one roof, PS3 Netflix discs arrive Friday, T-Mobile HSPA 7.2 service rolling out now
Google just launched a new site called Google Dashboard. It puts all the basic information about your usage of various Google apps like Gmail and Docs in one place, and you can jump from there into any app.
T-Mobile has started rolling out its HSPA 7.2 Mbps 3G cellular data network. It's twice as fast as the previous infrastructure. Only some areas have gotten the upgrade so far, but Android and Me reports that New Jersey, Chicago, Minnesota, Virginia, Arizon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Michigan, and New York are among them.
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Apple App Store now carries 100,000 apps, Google Friend Connect adds personalization features, Verizon to up early termination fee to $350 on "advanced devices"
Google Friend Connect has received new customization features and tools designed to help visitors to websites find out what they have in common. When users sign up for a new website through Friend Connect, they're asked questions chosen by the webmaster about their interests, and their responses are displayed on their public profiles as instant icebreakers.
Verizon is changing its early termination fee policy; on some "advanced devices" (presumably expensive smartphones) the contract termination fee will bump up to $350 to further discourage customers from dropping out for new services or phones.
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AT&T sues Verizon over ad campaign, Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Nook, China Ontrade leaks alleged 4th gen iPhone part
AT&T is suing Verizon over its "there's a map for that" ad campaign, which compares the areas in the United States covered by AT&T and Verizon's 3G networks. AT&T says the side-by-side comparison implies that AT&T offers no coverage at all outside of the blue areas seen above. In reality those areas have 2G coverage, while Verizon's entire network is 3G.
That's not the only lawsuit going on. Spring Design is suing Barnes & Noble, claiming that B&N's new Nook e-reader steals features from Spring Design's Alex device.
China Ontrade claims to have the "midboard" of a fourth generation iPhone due for release in the next several months. The component doesn't tell us much about the phone except that it exists. It's worth mentioning because this same source leaked an accurate component of the iPhone 3GS before its announcement.
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Apple pitches $30 per month iTunes TV program to studios, Snow Leopard 10.6.2 kills hackintosh Atom netbooks, Sprint WiMAX goes live in Chicago, Dallas, and eight North Carolina cities
Apple is reportedly trying to get content producers (TV studios and the like) to agree to a plan by which Apple would offer an on-demand array of TV shows via its iTunes service to compete with cable. The plan would cost $30 month, significantly less than what you probably pay for cable or satellite. So far no headway has been made, though.The upcoming 10.6.2 update to the Apple Mac OS Snow Leopard operating system torpedoes support for Intel Atom processors, presenting new challenges to the small but passionate community of hackintosh netbook owners.
Sprint today launched its WiMAX 4G network in Chicago, Dallas, and eight North Carolina cities: Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Chapel Hill, Cary, Greensboro, and High Point. The data plan costs $69.99 per month. Sprint has also begun selling the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 in Baltimore for $199.99.
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Google Voice has 1.4 million users, Apple execs hint tablet might be for video, Bing mobile launches
Google handed over Google Voice usage data when it was requested by regulators. It turns out the young service already has around 1.4 million users, and Google plans to expand the service to foreign markets at some point in the future.A Canadian analyst took notes on a meeting with Apple executives. The executives talked down the importance of eReaders and talked up the company's coming attention to video content, potentially implying that the upcoming Apple tablet will be for video and not magazines and news. There's a lot of evidence to the contrary, though.
A cell phone browser-optimized version of Microsoft's Bing search engine is now online at m.bing.com. It offers simplified and uglified versions of many of the same features you'll get from the regular Bing. There's also a new version of of the search engine for touchscreen devices.
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